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Italy Invades Ethiopia
Italy's invasion of Ethiopia was the first act of aggression by the axis powers, Ethiopia requested the help of the league of Nations, but the legue did nothing, resulting in a military occupation of Ethiopia. -
White Paper of 1939
Britain issues the White Paper limiting the number of Jewish immigrants into Palestine. World War II begins. Britain seeks to ensure the cooperation of the Arab states. -
British Forces cross from Egypt into Libya
Fort Capuzzo is captured by the British. -
Italian Invasion
Italian forces invade Egypt from Libya -
Germany's Afrika Korps
Hitler sends forces to Libya to aid his flagging Italian allies and pushes British and Australian troops back into Egypt and the port city of Tobruk. Erwin Rommel was the new general. -
Operation Crusader
The British Army relieve the Siege of Tobruk in North Africa and reclaim gains made by the Germans and Italians. -
Offensive in Libya
The German “Desert Fox” Colonel-General Erwin Rommel goes on the offensive in North Africa and pushes the Allies back into Egypt. The Germans are stopped at El Alamein, only 66mi (106km) from Alexandria. -
Operation Torch
British and American forces land in North Africa as “Operation Torch,” commanded by U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and aimed at driving the Axis powers out of the region and mounting an assault on France and Italy. -
Second Battle El Alamein
The Germans try a second time to capture El Alamein but are pushed back across Egypt and Libya by the Allies under the command of Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery -
British Army fighting against Italian Campaigns
Montgomery's Eighth Army takes Tripoli. -
Tunisian Campaign
Allied forces push the remaining Axis troops into a corner and they are forced to surrender on May 13, effectively ending the war Africa. -
Arab States
World War II ends; the League of Arab States founded in Cairo by Egypt, Transjordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria to work for Arab independence
